You've got to bring your A-game when you're in the same household as a military guy.

I'd like to think that every job and every step I've taken progressed more and more toward the career that I've wanted to have.

When I was 7, we moved to New York because my dad's job was transferred.

I get nervous for any competition. I also get really competitive.

My family has been rooted and intertwined with Jerusalem for generations, and I am among those who say every day, 'May You return to Your city, Jerusalem, with compassion.'

The only thing I have to go by is what my mother and father told me, how I was brought up.

My father was a lorry driver, very rarely at home. The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10 or so kids, there was no time for individual attention. It was about survival. It was about where the next meal was coming from.

I had to take care of my family. That was my No. 1 goal.